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CVE-2017-1000249

An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).

Published

2017-09-11T19:29:00.200

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	file_project	file	5.29	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965 ([email protected])
https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)